The incident happened at Gundalapadu village, when six forest officials from Mulkalapalli division went into the forest after coming to know that local tribals were ploughing forest land for shifting cultivation. “We found several tribals were tilling the forest land with three tractors. We asked them not to take up any farming in the forest land which was against the rules. The forest officials managed escape and returned to Mulakalapalli where they lodged a complaint with the police. Meanwhile, the National Women’s Commission in a letter to Telangana’s director general of police M Mahender Reddy on Monday sought swift action over Sunday’s attack on forest range officer Chole Anitha and other forest officials.

Source: Hindustan Times July 02, 2019 12:11 UTC